Clues |
Answers |
“Are you noticing this, too?” |
ISITME |
“Dinner’s ready!” |
LETSEAT |
“Educated” author Westover |
TARA |
“Gross!” |
UGH |
“Is this heaven? No, it’s ___” (“Field of Dreams”) |
IOWA |
“No worries!” |
ITSOK |
“One Happy Island” in the Caribbean |
ARUBA |
(Pow!) |
BAM |
*Evidence of vampire attacks |
BITEMARKS |
*It’s never dull! |
EXCITEMENT |
*They share a living room |
SUITEMATES |
*Turkey wings but not turkey legs |
WHITEMEAT |
Amazon ___ Video |
PRIME |
Angela Merkel has one in quantum chemistry |
PHD |
Automaker Ferrari |
ENZO |
Business as ___ |
USUAL |
C-suite VIP |
EXEC |
Confidentiality doc |
NDA |
Diane’s lover on “Cheers” |
SAM |
Dull groove |
RUT |
Estelle of “The Golden Girls” |
GETTY |
Even score |
TIE |
First home? |
UTERUS |
Follower of “Kit” or “Krazy” |
KAT |
For fear that |
LEST |
Garden drone, e.g |
BEE |
Gelato alternative |
GRANITA |
Get along in years |
AGE |
Golf prop |
TEE |
Grouse quietly |
MUTTER |
Had an outstanding balance |
OWED |
Harm |
DAMAGE |
Hawthorne heroine Prynne |
HESTER |
High woodwind |
OBOE |
Ice sheet |
FLOE |
Inflation letters? |
PSI |
Informal attempt |
STAB |
It’s done |
ACTION |
Just what you’d expect |
NORM |
Kitty’s hello |
MEW |
Let go of |
RELEASE |
Like a know-it-all |
SMUG |
Most arid |
DRYEST |
Northeastern New Jersey county |
ESSEX |
Not letting go of |
KEEPING |
Noted podcast that splits stories across episodes |
SERIAL |
Nov. and Dec |
MOS |
One may be mashed |
POTATO |
One, four, ___, sixteen .. |
NINE |
Outstanding balance? |
POISE |
Pescatarian protein |
FISH |
Picnic pest |
ANT |
Presto and lento |
TEMPOS |
Quick drawing |
SKETCH |
See 10-Down |
DAZS |
Shape-shifting Norse god |
LOKI |
Small dosage amts |
MGS |
Smash |
HIT |
Sneaky |
SLY |
Some are loose-leaf |
TEAS |
Sound from a lion or a Mustang |
ROAR |
Summer hrs. in St. Paul |
CDT |
Taxpayer ID |
SSN |
Thai dish served with peanut sauce |
SATAY |
Three: Prefix |
TRI |
Tons |
ALOT |
Tough hike |
TREK |
Tree tapped for sap |
MAPLE |
Utter disdain |
SCORN |
Where many commutes start |
EXURBS |
With 34-, 36- and 37-Across, ulterior motive … or a hint to the word concealed in each starred clue’s answer |
HID |
With 38-Down, ice-cream brand whose name conceals a thematic bonus |
HAAGEN |
Wolf pup’s home |
DEN |
Wood used in bats |
ASH |
Word of warning |
DONT |
Works the glitches out of |
DEBUGS |
Wyndham hotel chain |
RAMADA |
___ Berry Farm |
KNOTTS |